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THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, 



" I Avoiild sum up the policy of the Atluiinistratiou to be 
thorough enforcemeut of every law ; a faithful eollectiou of 
eyery tax proyided for ; economy in the disbursement of the 
same ; a prompt payment of eyery debt of the nation ; a reduc- 
tion of taxes as rapidly as the requirements of the country will 
admit ; reduction of t^^ixations and tariff' to be so arranged as to 
afford the greatest relief to the greatest number ; honest and 
fair dealings Avith all other peoples to the end, that war with 
all its blighting consequences, may be ayoided, but without 
surrendering any right or obligations due to us ; a reform in 
the treatment of the Indians, and the whole ciA'il service of 
the country ; and iinally in securing a pure and untrammeled 
ballot where every man entitled to a vote may do so just once 
at each election without fear of molestation or proscription on 
account of his politics, faith, nativity or color/' 

U. S. Grant. 



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REPORT 



COMMITTEE ON ADDKE8S, 

APPOINTED BY THE STATE CONVENTION 



Convened */tususl 9, 1871. 

AND THK 

ADDRESS OF THE STATE CEXTRAL EXECUTIV E COMMITTEE, 

ELECTED BY THE STATE CONVENTION, TO THE 

REPUBLICANS OF LOUISIANA. 



New Obleaiss, La., ( 
August 14, 1871. S 

The uudersigued Coniuiittce, uu ad- 
dress, appointed by the State Con- 
vention of the Republican party con- 
vened on the Dth instant, in pursu- 
ance to the regular call of the State 
Central Executive Coniuiittee, submit 
to the Republicans of this State and 
the Union, the facts connected with 
the call and meeting of the Conven- 
tion on the 9th instant, and the rea- 
sons that, in their opinion, actuated 
the bolt of a part of the delegates, 
reserving to a subsequent time an 
address to the people of the State 
on the principles and policy of the 
])arty. 

AVe notice, published in the New 
Orleans Kepuhlican of the l.'ith inst., 
an address and resolutions prei>ared 
by a Committee on Resolutions and 
Address of the liolting Convention, 
of which Hugh J. Campbell was 
Chairman, and which seems to have 
been adopted by that Con\ention, 



purporting to detail the facts and cir- 
cumstances that induced the mem- 
bers of that meeting- to bolt the reg- 
ular organization. This statement is 
so one sided and in many respects in- 
correct as to induce us to believe it 
was gotten up to create a false im- 
pression in regard to the true causes 
of the bolt. It will be noticed that 
no member of that committee was a 
member of th« State Central Execu- 
tive Committee appointed in 1870, 
although there were several members 
of the State Central Executive Com- 
mittee of 1870, members of the Bolt- 
ing' Convention, consequently this 
coumiittee could not have known, of 
their ovm personal knowledge, any of 
the proceedings of the Stiite Central 
Executive Committee. 

We will now proceed to give an 
exact and accurate statement of the 
facts and circumstances that origin- 
ated and gave rise to this bolting- 
meeting : 

The Republican party organized in 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS 



tbis State io 18G4, sci-en years ago, and 
the party organization lias been man- 
aged, as is usnal with political par- 
ties, by State Conventions, ea(;hCon 
venlion appointing a State Central 
Execnti\e Committee to manage and 
control the organization itntil the 
organization of the next Convention. 
All these Conventions, np to that of 
1870, were as harmonious as such 
conventions usu.ally are. 

In the organization of the State 
Convention of 1870, Gov. Warraoth 
and Lieut. Gov. Dunn, both being 
delegates, and competitors for the 
])osition of permanent President of 
the Convention, Lieut. Gov. Dunn 
Tvas elected. In the progress of the 
jtroceedings ot the Convention, Col. 
C. ^V. Lowell, being Chairnian of the 
Committee on Resolutions, a personal 
difficulty arose between Gov. War- 
moth and Col. Lowell, growing out 
of some report Col. Lowell ]nade as 
chairman of the committee. 

This Convention of 3870, passed a 
resolution providing for the election 
by the Convention, of two Eepubli- 
cans from each Congressional District 
in the State, and authorizing the 
President of the Convention to select 
five others from the State at large, to 
compose the State Central Executive 
Committee of the Republican party, 
and by resolution the President of 
the Convention, Lieut. Gov. Dunn, 
was added to the committee, making 
sixteen in all. Those elected were 
the following: 

First District— B. F. Joubert and J. B. 
Wauds. 

Scfoiid DiKtrict — John Garstkamp and 
Henry Grinu's. 

Third District— P. G. D.^.slonde and U. L. 
Swords. 

Fourth Dittrift — G. Y. Kelso and Janios 
JlcCleory. 
Fiftli District— J. Lewia and A. B. Harris, 

Those appointed by the President 



of the Convention were the following: 

S. B. Paclcard, C. W. Lowoll, 

John Ray, T. B. Stamps. 

G. Ca;*enave. 

John Lewis having died in xVpril 
last. Col. Jas. F. Casey whs elected 
by the (;ommittee to till the vacancy. 
The term of service of this Com- 
mittee was limited to one year, and 
the Committee are re(piired by a res- 
olution of the Convention to call a 
State Convention before tlmr term of 
service erpires. 

The State Central Executive Com- 
mittee at its tir«t meeting soon after 
it was appointed, created an Execu- 
tive Committee composed of O. J. 
Dunn, C. W. Lowell, A. B. Harris, 
T. B. Stamps and John Ray. 

The Executive Committee at its 
first meeting having heard that Gov. 
Warmoth was displeased, and desir- 
ing to act in harmony with him in all 
matters connected Avith the manage- 
ment of the party, although they did 
not concede that Gov. Warmoth had 
any greater rights to advise or con- 
trol the party than any other member 
of the party ; yet, in deference to his 
position, they thought it advisible to 
notify him they were desirous to act 
in harmony Avith him. Accordingly 
a resolution was unanimously passed 
notifying Gov. Warmoth that the 
committee desired to act in harmony 
with him, and a committee was ap- 
pointed to present him the resolution 
and assure him of the wish of the com- 
mittee. This committee on the same 
day called on the Governor and pre- 
sented him the resolution, and con- 
veyed to him the wish of the com- 
mittee. The Governor's reply to the 
committee was verbal and couchetl 
in very oftensive language towards 
Col. Lowell and Gov. Dunn, for ap- 
pointing him on the committee. Gov. 
Warmoth never afterwards notified 



OF THE REPUBLICAN PAllTY OF LOUISIANA. 



the committee that he rcciprocatctl 
their desire as eouchcd in the rcso 
hitioii, or that he desired any cciifer- 
cnce with them, although he did some 
months ago complain to a member ot 
the committee that their proceedings 
^vere never communicated to him, or 
that he was never consulted by tlu'm. 

The Governor's opposition to the 
.State Central Plxecutive Committoe. 
was manifested <lnring the canxass 
last year, in this: He refused to con- 
tribute himself or to encourage his 
friends to contribute anything to the 
committee in aid ol' tlu' can\ ass, al- 
leging he had no conlideiice in the 
liouesty of the committee, but at the 
same time, without any notice or con- 
feroicc with- tiie committee, caused 
to be orgauized what xvas called au 
auxiliary Executive Committee, for 
Avhich he and his friends laised funds 
and disbursed them without any 
consultation or notice to the commit- 
tee, conducted the canvass on 
their own behalf, and in nuniy in 
stances in fa\or of candidate's not 
regularly uominated by the party. 

In pursuance t(> the resolution oi 
the Convention of 1H70, instructing 
the Central Executive Committee to 
call a (,'onvention before their terms 
of service ex])ired, the Ccmimittee 
passed resolutions on the liTth of 
June 1871, calling a convention to 
meet on the Dth day of August 1871, 
the day on which the terju of service 
of the Committee expired, fixing tlie 
method to detei-miue how many del- 
egates each ]>arish and city ward 
should be entitled to, and providing 
how the returns of the election of 
delegates should be made and to 
whom returned, i\s the State Exe- 
cutive Committee was directed to call 
a Convention, iu order that the Con- 
veiitioii should be regular, the State 



Convention ui 1870, not having pre- 
scribed how jnany ilelcgates there 
should b(5 from each parish or city 
ward, or how the returns of election 
should be made, it became necessary 
that the Co)nmittce should nud^e the 
necessary pro\isions, and accordingly 
the following call was issued : 
SSatr t'oHvcntiOit. 

E0U31.S State ( e^tkal Com:viix- 
tee of the Kepublituui ]>arty of the 
vState of Louisiana. — At a meeting of 
the State Central Committee of tho 
lir'pvddican party of llie State of Lou- 
isiana, lield June 27, 1871, the tollow- 
ing resohitions were ado])ted : 

First resolution otfered by Mr. ildy: 

Whereas, According to the re- 
quirements of a res«>lution adopted 
by the State Convention of the Re- 
publican party, on the tenth day of 
August, 1870. the State CentralEx 
ecutive Committee, ai)i)oiut('d by and 
under authority oj' the said Conven- 
tion 01 the Hepublicaji party on or 
before the expiration of their term 
of service are required to call a StJite 
Convention to choose their succes- 
soj's : therefore be it 

Eesolved, That a convention of 
the Kepublican i);irty b«' and is here- 
by called to meet in Xew Orleans on 
the ninth day of August, 1871. 

Resolved, That the basis of i-epre- 
s^ntation in said Conventicn SAall l)e 
as follows, viz: Every seven hundred 
Republican votes, as cast at the last 
general election, in each parish, and 
in each ward of the city of i!sew Or- 
leans, shall be entitled to one dele- 
gate, and an additional delegate for 
CA'ery fraction over one-half of seven 
hundred 5 and provided, that each 
l)arisli and ward shall be entitled to 
one delegate. 

Resolved, That the presidents of 
the several i)arish committees of the 
Rei)ublican party in the State — ex- 
cept in the i)ari8h of Orleans — and 
in the parish of Orleans the i)resi- 
dents of the mother ward clubs are 
hereby authorized and requirei I to call 
elections lor delegates to said con- 
vention, and to forward to the presi- 
dent of the State Central Executive 



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R1:P0RT ui<' THE C0M3OTTEE O^ ADDRESS 



Committee the proi)er credeutials of 
the delegates elected, ooimtersigued 
by the secretaries of their committees 
aud chibs, ou or before the time fixed 
for the sittiog of the Convention. 

Kesolved, That tlie president of 
the State Central Executive Commit- 
tee be and is hereby authorized and 
directed to ascertain the number of 
delegates to be elected from each i)a- 
rish and ward from the authentic 
vote in the office of the Secretary of 
State, and issue his proclamation for 
said election, and have the same pub- 
lished in the Eepublican papers 
througlioiit the State. 

This we understand to be the usual 
and customary mode for providing 
in such cases. It is not intended 
there should be any interregnum in 
the party organization, so the power 
conferred on the State Central Exe- 
(,'utive Committee is to act for the 
party until there is an organization 
of the Convention by the election of 
a temi)orary President, which ac- 
cording to custom and parliameutiry 
IM'oceediugs, is to be done by those 
whose credentials are in proper form 
aud iimde to the proper officer as 
provided by the committees, and cer- 
tainly no more suitable person can 
be selected to whom the returns can 
be made than the President of the 
Executive Committee. It is his duty 
to hand over those returns to the 
Convention as soon as it is organ- 
ized by the election of a temporary 
President, and this was the course 
of proceedings ado])ted by the State 
Central Executive Committee in this 
case. 

Immediately after the call of the 
Convention for August 9, 1871, the 
President of the State Central Com- 
mittee notified the heads of the or- 
ganizations in the different i>arishes 
in the State, Avhere th<M-e were 
regular organizations, of the call ot 
the Convention, and in such i)arishes 



as had no regular organizations ap- 
pointed persons to act in the election 
of delegates and make returns of the 
election. This was directed by the 
Committee and nothing further was 
done with the kno^^'ledge of the Com- 
mittee. 

It appears from a luunber of letters 
written by ( xoveruor AVannoth, which 
have been exhibited to members of 
the Committee, that soon after the 
call of the Convention, he wrote to 
many, if not, most of his appointees 
to office in the State and other pro- 
minent Republicans, supposed to be 
particular friends, urging them to 
have their parishes represented in the 
Convention in his interest. 

The Committee in its representa- 
tive capacity, had not the interest 
of any particular person to subserve, 
their only object was to promote the 
interest of the party. As there was no 
election for State or Federal officers, 
in this State this year, and this Con- 
vention was not called to nominate 
candidates for office, tlie only thing 
the Convention could do was to lay 
down a platform for the party and 
perpetuate the organization by the 
appointment of a State Central Exe- 
cutive Conunittec. The latter is the 
only bone of contention in this case 
and the cause of the bolt. Fifty-four 
[)arishes returned (credentials of del- 
egat<'s made out in the form reqnired 
by the ('(mmuttee, and of this num- 
ber thirty-one ])arishes returned 
double sets of delegates, one set 
being in date subsequent totheothr 
and ceitified by officers not known 
by the Central Executive Committee 
as parish conunittec ofiicers, who 
fiom the statement in the credentials 
in many cases were created alter the 
call of the <'onvention and for the 
particular i)uri)ose. All these last 



OF TIU: REPUBLIOAN PARTY OP LOliIHllANA. 



raentioiUMl delegates went into the 
bolting nieetinfi", and composed most 
of its materiiil. Only thirty-one dele- 
gates regnlarly retnined, Joined tlie 
bolting meeting. Another fad signili- 
eaut to show that the committee <lid 
not attempt to pack the convention 
with delegates t'oi- any purpose, is 
this, that Avhen delegates were regn- 
larly returned favorable to Governor 
Warmoth, there were no donblc sets 
or contestants, and on the other side 
in most of the cases in which the reg- 
ularly returned delegates were not 
favorable to Governor Warmoth, 
there were double sets of delegates, 
the latter always favorable to Gov- 
ernor Warmoth and joining the 
bolters. 

In the published call of the con- 
vention, the place for meeting of the 
convention was not stated, although 
it is the recollection of the chairman 
of this committee that it A^as fixed in 
the original resolution at the hall of 
the House of Kepresentatives. This 
omission was called to the attention 
of the State Central Executive Com- 
mittee by the papers, and on the 3rd 
day of August, the committee met 
to remedy this omission. A resolu- 
tion was passed at that meeting di- 
recting the President of the commit- 
tee to procure a suitable place of 
meeting, and to notify the members 
of the convention thereof by publica- 
tion in the newspapers on the morning 
of the Sth of August, the day before 
the convention, and at that time the 
President of the committee did notify 
the members of the convention that 
the United States District Court- 
room, in the Customhouse, had been 
procured for that purpose, and that 
the convention would meet there at 
12 M. on the 9th of August. 

At the meeting of the State Cen- 



jti-al Executive Committee on the .'Jd 
I day of August, it was stated that the 
report was current tliat the commit- 
tee did not intend to let any person 
into tiie hall of the ("\)nvention ex- 
cei)t those whose credinitials were reg- 
ularly retiu-ned according to the rnle 
fixed by the committee. The com- 
nuttee entertained no such idea, and 
to avoid misconception on this point, 
a. resolution was passed at that meet- 
ing i)roAiding that the President of 
the Committee prepare tickets for all 
the delegates and contestants who 
might present claims as such, and 
who should be admitted to the hall 
of the Convention, which resolution 
was published next day for general 
information, and tickets were so pre- 
pared for all such persons, who could 
have obtained them if applied for. 
That this is no arrogatiou of power 
is shown by the call of the Massa- 
chusetts State Convention, in which 
the committee not onl}' require tick- 
ets of admission, but also name the 
presiding officer. 

Ten days or more before the meet- 
ing of the Convention, Governor War- 
moth said to the chairman of this 
committee, that there would be two 
Conventions, that he could see no 
way to avoid it 5 and upon being ex- 
postulated with that no such divi 
sion was necessary or ought to take 
pkace, he still persisted and reiterated 
the same opinion. This opinion was 
often expressed by the warm friends 
of Gov. Warmoth for several days 
before the Convention, and he/ ore any 
of the eventu had talcn 2)lace, which 
they noic urge as an excuse for doiny so. 

Many days before the Convention 
it was freely spoken of on the streets 
and privately that there was great 
danger of a riot at the Convention, 
and one of the membcTs of the State 



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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS 



Central Executive Committee in the 
interests of Gov. Warinoth and a 
bolter, said: "If the contestants 
for seats in the Convention were not 
allowed to vote in the ])reliniinarv 
organization, that tlierc were not men 
enough in !New Orleans to prevent 
their o^jponents from being thrown 
out of the windows of the Convention 
room." And on the day before the 
Convention, a prominent friend of 
Gov. Warmoth, not a member of the 
Convention, said "there would be 
bloodshed at the Convention." 

The above facts are within the 
knowledge of this committee, and 
many others that Avill be made known 
under the statements of responsible 
))ersons, will abundantly show that 
there was Just cause of fear that 
there would be a riot at the Conven- 
tion if those who subsequently be- 
came bolters could not be allowed to 
control the Convention. These facts 
were made known to Mr. Packard, 
President of the Committee, and he 
was earnestly requested to provide 
some protection against such threat- 
ened riots ; and in pursuance to this 
advice and request, he a]:>pointed a 
number ol deputy marshals, and 
called in the United States military 
force to guard against a mob, and 
protect the United States property, 
but not to interfere with the Conven- 
tion. 

It was the order of the President 
of the Executive Committee that the 
door of the Convention Room should 
ba kept closed until thirty minutes 
before 12 m., and that then all per- 
sons who held tickets should be ad- 
mitted and no others. Before 11 
o'clock A. M. Gov.NYarmoth and others, 
members of the ("onvention, or con- 
testants, procured their tickets and 
proceeded to the entrance of the hall, 



in which the Convention was to be 
held. It was then closed and no one 
in it. lie demanded admittance, and 
was informed by the person put there 
to take care of the room, that the 
time for opening the hall had not 
arrived, and he could not admit him 
and those with him until that time. 
At this time there was a caucus of a 
portion of the members of the Con- 
vention in session in an adjoining- 
room. 

At this refusal to admit Governor 
Warmoth and those with him, more 
than an hour before the hall w^as to be 
opened to the delegates, he became 
indignant and left the building, and 
advised his adherents to go with him 
to Turners' Hall, on the supposition 
the Convention was to be packed 
with his enemies. An officer of the 
United States trooj^s there and then 
advised Gov. Warmoth that they had 
nothing to do with the Convention, 
and were only there to guard against 
riot and violence. They in no man- 
ner interfered with his ingress or 
egi*ess from the building, or that of 
any other person having a ticket t ) 
the Convention or business in the 
Customhouse, nor do we believe any 
of the deputy marshals did. 

The ('on\ention met at 12 M. in 
the room provided for its use, 
and delegates from forty-one par- 
ishes, Avhosc credentials had been 
made out and leturned as provided 
for in the call of the (Convention, 
were present and participated in the 
proceedings. 

The above narrative is made in all 
candor, and believed to be accurately 
true and as embracing all the mate- 
rial facts of the case going to show 
the cause of the bolt. We have not 
undertaken to notice all the state- 
ments of the committee of the bolt- 



OP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA 



ers in regard to the grouucLs of their 
bolt, but we say that onr statement 
is correct in regard to the fac-ts ; 
whether these fac's will justify their 
bolting the Convention regularly 
called by the only authority for that 
purpose, we leave for the party to 
decide. 

The committee feel they are per- 
fectly justified from the above facts, 
in coming to the conclusion that it 
was a foregone determination of Gov. 
Warmoth and his advisers, if they 
could not control the Convention to 
bolt it. 

Gov. Warmoth has from the first 
shown the most persistent and deter- 
mined opposition and hostility to the 
State Central Executive Committee 
ever since it was created in 1870. The 
cause of this hostility originated in 
his defeat for permanent President 
of that Convention by liieut. Gov. 
Dunn, and the appointment of Lieut. 
Gov. Dunn on that committee by the 
Convention, and Lieut. Gov. Dunn's 
appointment on that committee of 
Col. Lowell and Mr. Packard, and 
his being ignored on that committee 
by the Convention and by Lieut. 
Gov. Dunn. Herein originated the 
cause of the bolt in this Conven- 
tion. The Convention did not see 
fit to intrust the management of the 
party organization to Gov. Wjirmoth. 
or to those who were his special 
advisers or frieids. For this neglect 
Gov. Warmoth is unrelentingly hos- 
tile to that committee and all its pro- 
ceedings, and has set himself in 
opposition to the regular, and in a 
party sense, legal organization of the 
party. 

Seeing that the delegates to this 
Convention, if it .should be crgan- 
izied according to parliamentary rules, 
would still be opposed to placing the 



party organization under the manage- 
ment of himself and special friends, 
he attemj)ts, by bolting the regular 
Convention, to get control of the 
party organization in this State. 
We regret to see so many good He- 
publicans led oft from the regular 
organization of the party in this way 
and for such purposes ; the eifect 
cannot be other than injurious to the 
party. Tliere seems to be no party 
prin:'iple involved in this matter; 
all sections of the party subscribe to 
the same platform of principles. 
Why, then, break up the regular 
organization of the party simply 
because Gov. Warmoth and his 
special friends wish to control the 
party, when it is evident the mass 
of the party, neither in the Conven- 
tion of 1<S70 nor in that of 1871, 
desire it / 

It seems to be forgotten that CVov. 
Warmoth, because he has been elected 
Governor of the State by the Eepub- 
licaii party has not, by Airtue of his 
office, any greater right to control 
the party than any other member of 
the ])arty. The State Convention of 
the party is the highest authoritj' in 
the party control, and unless they 
delegate to the GoA-ernor or other 
State otiicers ]>ower to control the 
organization of the j^arty, they have 
no greater authority to do so than 
any other member of the party. 
Then, why should Gov. Warmoth te 
arrogating to himself and his special 
friends any greater rights than other 
members of the party, and be plot- 
ting to overthrow the authority of 
the Convention ; 

It will be curious and instructing, 
and confirmatory of the above views 
taken by the committee to analyze 
the personal of the bolters, and to 
see what relation they stand in to 



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Gov. Warmotli as to office and ])er- 
sonal obligation. 

This analysis will prove that nearlj- 
all the persons comprising the Bolters' 
Convention were office-holders under 
the Goveiiior, and, of course, any 
opposition on their part to any design 
of his, whether right or wrong, 
would have resulted in their at once 
being removed frojn the office they 
hold by his appoijitment. 

\j. J. 8ouer, liegister of Voters, 
appointed by \^'arnioth, returued 
himself elected a member of the Leg- 
islature. 

C. F. Huesman, Tax Collector, ap- 
pointed by Governor Warmoth. 

Ohas. F. Smith, Tax Tollector. ap- 
I)oiiited by Gov. Warmoth. 

Pierre Landry, Justice of the Peace 
member of Police Jury and School 
Board, all appointments of Go\'ernor 
Warmoth. 

I). L. Haynes, Register of Voters, 
appointed by Gov. Warmoth, cre- 
dentials signed by parish Tax Col- 
lector. 

J. Wesley Mayfield. 

D. W. White, appointee of War- 
moth from Grant parish. 

M. H. T\ntchell, State Senator, 
controls Governor's patronage Red 
River parish. 

Peter Harper, State Tax C'ollector 
and member of the House, appointed 
by Warmoth. 

John Buler, controlled by Harper. 

Geo. W. Coombs, State Tax Col- 
lector, appointed by Go\'. Wannoth. 

John R. Wooldridge, State Tax 
Collector, appointed by Governor 
Warmoth. 

Chas. S. Abell, Supervisor of Reg- 
istration, elected himself to the Leg- 
islature. 

Emerson Bcntly, n)ember of School 
Board, appointed by Warmoth. 



W. B. Merchant, appointee of 
Warmoth at Jirashear, District At- 
torney. 

S. C. .lohnson, Justice of the Peace, 
andcoMtroUed in Warmoth's interest. 

F. Martin, democrat and Tax Col; 
lector, ap})oiuted by Gov. Warmoth. 

Itob't. Worrell, Clerk of Court. 

J. Ross Stuart, foster-brother of 
Piucliba<'k. 

A. R. Whitney, has brother Tax 
Collector in Tensas parish. 

M. Blue, controlled by Whitii«y. 

Chas. E. Halstead, Tax Collectw* 
and Su])ervisor of Registration, air- 
pointed by Warmoth, and at date of 
appointment not 21 years old. 

Cyrus I'aiker, controlled by Hal- 
stead. 

Gc'O. B. Lowd, clerk to Tax Col- 
lector and chief constable of parish, 
appointed by AVarmoth. 

Louis C. Laloire, Tax Collector, 
appointed by Warmoth. 

W. F. Blanchard, Tax Collector, 
brother of State Register of Voters, 
appointed by the Governor- 

Geo. Washington, member of Legy 
islature, and controlled by Warmoth'. 

J. W. Swords, Stale Assessor, ap- 
pointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

A. J. Echeverria, State Tax Col- 
lector, appointed by Warmoth. 

A. M. Creamer, deputy Tax Col- 
lector, and credentials signed by Tax 
Collector, since appointed Tax (!'ol- 
lector. 

Robert Morris, Tax Collector, ap- 
pointed by Warmoth. 

J- M. Wagoner, unknown. 

E. H. Masters, Tax Collector, ap- 
pointed by Gov. Warnu)th. 

W. B. Dickey. 

Oscar Crozier, Tax Collector and 
School Director, appointed by the 
Governor. 

Wm. Murrill. 



OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF LOUISIANA. 



ii 



T.- A. Cajje, Tax Colloctor, api)oiiit('<.l 
by Gov. AYarmoth. 

J. L. Beldeii. 

J. H. Bailey. 
'A. Ohevaloii, Tax Collrctor, np 
pointed by GovCTiu>r. 

C. Donato. 
. E. Gaiitt, Democrat. 

A. J. Johnson. 

W- J, Blackburn, Tax (\>llector, 
appointed by the Governor. 

,t. E. Trimble. 

M. Sterrett, Administrator of As- 
sessments at Shreveport, ai)pointed 
by Governor Warmoth. 

S, Arm stead. Police .liuor, ap- 
pointed by the (xovernor. 

J. E. Parker. 

S. L. Henry. 

Mortimer OaiT, returned to Legis- 
lature from DeSoto by election law, 
citizen of 3rd Ward. 

S. Marvin, member of Legislature. 

Tho6. Johnson, member of Police 
Jury, appointed by Warmoth. 

A. F. Coleman. 

A. B. Harris, controls patronage 
of Concordia parish. 

Geo. Washington, nn^mber of the 
Legislature, controlled by Governor. 

C. Barbe, Tax Collector, appointed 
by Gov. Warmoth, 

E. Butler, State Senator, and mem- 
ber of Commsision to buiid State 
House, appointed by Gov. AVarnioth. 

H. Mahony, member of Legislature- 

C. V. Thibaut, Parish Eecorder, 
appointed by the Governor. 

L. C. Courcelle, Tax ('ollector, ap- 
pointed by the Governor. 

H. C. Meyers, Parish Judge of 
Natchitoches. 

Geo. H. Guptil, Democrat. 

A. W. Faulkner, controls patron- 
age of Caldwell Parish. 

N. Underwood, Tax Collector, ap- 
pointed by Gov. Wannoth, ' 



F. W. Hurst, Shei-iif and Prcv^ident 
Police Jury, P^ast Baton Rouge, Col. 
Militia, appointed by Governor, 

Yalcour Anderscm, controlled by 
Cndcrwood. 

W. K. Wheyland, Register of Vo- 
ters, appointed by Warmoth, elected 
by himself to Legislature. 

C. H. Eeniick, Tax Collector, ap- 
l)ointed by Governor and brother of 
Administrator of Commerce, at New 
Orleans. 

Oscar F. Hunsacker, Brig. G^n. 
Militia, brother of Tax Collector, State 
Senator, President of Police Jury. 

J. C. Oliver, Sheriff by appoint- 
ment of Gov. Warmoth, brother to 
Chief Constable, by appointment. 

John Johnson, weak, controlled by 
Hunsacker. 

Henry Raby and Raford Blunt, 
members of Legislature, control pa- 
tronage of parish. 

M. P. Blackstone, Police Juror, 
appointed by Governor. 

G. Y. Kelso. 
John Mayo. 
William Crawford. 

Geo. L. Smith, Tax Collector of 
Caddo parish, member of Legisla- 
ture. Represented Webster parish 
in bolting meeting. 

Henry Perkins, Democrat. 

A. A. Milligan, Democrat, Par- 
ish Recorder, by appointment of 
Gov. Warmoth. 

W. T. Oliver, Tax Collector, a,p- 
l>ointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

Thos. Lsabelle, Police Commission- 
er, appointed Gov. Warmoth. 

J. P. Murphy, Street Commission- 
ei', appointed by Gov. Warmoth's 
intluence. 

H. C. Dibble, Judge Eighth Dis- 
tiict Court, Park Commissioner, 
Notary Public and President Citj 
School Board, appointed by Got. 
Wnrnioth, 



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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS 



C. "F. Glaiiclin, Street Commission 
er, never known to vote regular Re 
publican ticket, always bolted. 

P. Creigh, Coroner. ! 

A. Cartwrigbt, Policeman. 

A. W. Smyth, member of Board ; 
of Health, member of Park Commis- j 
sion, Surgeon in Charity Hospital, ] 
Governor's private physician, ap-j 
pointed by Gov. Warmoth. i 

P. B. S. Johnson, Foreman of 
Street Gang. 

P. B. S. Pinchback, State Senator, j 
Park Commissioner, State House 
Commissioner, member of School j 
Board, appointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

E. Aleix, Street Commissioner. 

P. Montaine, Foreman Street Com- 
missioner's Department. 

Henry Reis, clerk in office District 
Superintendent of Streets. 

H. J. Campbell, State Senator, 
Maj. Gen. Militia, Register Land 
Office, appointed to last two and 
now holding them in violation of the 
constitution and laws. 

H. L. Rey, State Tax Assessor. 

W. J. Moore, Street Commissioner. 

P. Griffen, Street Employee. 

E. Y. Leclerc, Recorder Third 
District, appointed by Gov. War- 
moth. 

Henry Chenau, Street Employee. 

David Douglass, City Employee. 

H. C. Warmoth. 

E. D. Ducloslange, Street Commis- 
fiioner, appointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

F. J. Herron, State Tax Collector, 
appointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

W. G. McConnel, Harbor Master, 
appointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

C. B. Augustus, Street Commis- 
sioner. 

W. R. Fish, Register of Convey- 
ances and Editor Republican, ap- 
pointed by Gov. Warmoth. 

A. Jackson, hired man. 



C. P. Ames, Sanitary Inspector. 

David Mason, hired man. 
Twenty-six members composing 
the bolting meeting, are tax 
collectors and assessors, appointed by 
the Governor, and who are removable 
by him. Of course it would have 
been a little dangerous for any of 
these officers to have refused to 
attend at his call if they desired to 
retain theii' offices; and it can be 
established that some of these tax 
collectors pretended to represent their 
parishes at his suggestion, wiio had 
no authority whatever to do so from 
any election or meeting in their par- 
ishes, to the knowledge of the Gov- 
ernor, thirty members were apjjoin- 
tees of the Governor to other offices, 
and only thirty-one members of 
the bolting meeting, had credentitils 
of election made out in the form re- 
quired in the call of the Convention 
by the proper officers. This state- 
ment will show what part of the Rc: 
publican party was represented in 
the bolting meeting. 

We look on Gov. Warmoth as eX' 
ceedingly arbitrary and dictatorial; 
who or what he can not control, he 
tries to break down or destroy. 
He has no tolerance for other men's 
opinions when they differ from his, 
and he looks on the Republican 
party of this State as his property, 
and will brook no interference in its 
management. This we do not con 
cede to him or any other man or set 
of men. We do not think the or- 
ganiz tion of the Republican party 
should be to work in the iiiterests of 
any person or number of persons, but 
for the interests of all alike, leaving 
the next Convention to select for 
State officers such candidates as in 
their judgment will most promote 
the public interest an^ tbe conse- 



OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF L0UTS1A:SA, 



m 



quent good of the party. It is only 
on this principle a political party or- 
ganization can be kept up. 

The State Central Executive Com- 
mittee had been delegated by the 
highest authority in the party — a 
State Convention — to perform cer- 
tain service, and they could not with- 
out being recreant to the trust con- 
ferred on them, do otherwitie than 
they did. They have performed their 
trust, their authority has been turned 
over to the Convention and they con- 
fidently expect their action to be ap- 
proved by the party, 
(fiigned) JOHN RAY, Chairman; 

J. HENRI BURCH, 
UEO. W. CARTER, 
.IAS. F. CAkSEY, 
A. DUMONT. 

Rooms of the State Central Executive Com- 
mittee of the Republican Party of Louis- 
iana, August 16ih, 1G71, 

At a meeting of the Committee 
held this day, the folloAving address 
was adopted and ordered to be 
promulgated in connection with the 
report of the Committee on Address 
of the late Convention. 

S. B. PACKARD, 

President. 
T. W. DeKLYNE, Secretary. 

The State Central Executive Com- 
mittee of the Republican party of 
Ijouisiana, composed of the following 
gentlemen, viz : 

S. B. PACKARD. President. 
WILLIAM VIGERS5, Secietary 



ReNolveil, That a State C'entral Execu- 
tive Couiuiittee to consist of lifteen luem- 
hers be selected by the Couveution a* fol- 
\o\\ s : 

Two menibeiB of the Committee Hhall be 
chosen by the Delegates to the Convention 
from each of the Confjressional District*, 
and ilve members of the Committee shall be 
appointed by the President of this Conven- 
tion : the Ci>mmitte shall have power to 
select its chairman. 

Resolved. That the s.iid committee 8in*ll 
continue in office one year, and it shall be 
their duty to call a State Convention of the' 
Republican party on or l)efore the expira- 
tion of their term of service. 

On or about the 1st day of Jnue, 

1871, the vacancy cansed by the 

death of J. Lewis was filled by the 

tlie election of J as. 



S, B. Packard, 
Hon. O. J. DiNx. 
Charlks W. Lowexx, 
B. ¥. JoriiKnT, 
G. Y. Kklw. 
John Garstkamp, 
Henry Grimes. 
T. B. Stamps. 



H. L. SwORLiS, 
Jamks McClkery, 

P. G. DEi?LOXDF. 

J. B. Wands, 
G. Casenave, 
John Ray, 
J. Lewis, 
A. B. Harris 



Committee by 
F. Casey. 

On the 27th day of Jime, 1871, 
the Central Executive Committee 
issued the following call : 

Rooiun ?<>tntr C'rHtral ('«ininillefi of the 

Republican party of the State of Louisiana. 
At a meeting of the State Central Commit- 
tee of the Republican iiarty of the State of 
Louisiana, held June 27th, 1871, the foUovr- 
ing resohitiona were adopted : 

First Resolution, offered by Mr. Ray : 

Whereas, According to the requirements 
of a resolution passed and adopted by the 
State Convention of the Republican party, 
on the 10th day of August, 1870, the State 
Central Executive Committee, appointed by 
and under the authority of said Convention, 
is directed to call a State Convention of the 
Republican partv on or before the expira- 
tion of their term of service ; therefore 
be it 

Resolved, That a convention of the Re- 
publican party be and is hereby called to 
meet in New Orleans on the 9th daj" of 
August, 1871. 

Resolved, That the basis of representa- 
tion in said Convention shall be as follows, 
to-wit : Every seven hundred Republican 
votes, as cast at the last general election, in 
each ward of the city of New Orleans, shall 
be entitled to one delegate, and an addi- 
tional delegate for every fraction over one- 
half of seven hundred ; and provided, that 
each parish and ward shall be entitled to at 
least one delegate. 

Resolved, That the Presidents of the 
several parish committees of the Republi- 
can party in the State — except in the parish 
of Orleans — and in the parish of Orleans 
the I'residents of the Mother Ward Clubs 
are hereby authorized and required to call 
elections for Delegates to said convention, 



was formed in accordance with the I a"d. to forward to the President of the >-tate 

Central Executive Committee, the proper 
credentials of the Delegates elected, coun- 
tersigned by the Secretaries of their com- 
mittees and clubs, on or before the time 
fixed for the sitting of the Convention, 



following resolntiou of the State 
Convention, adopted, August lOth, 
1870. 



M 



REPOET OF THE COBITTTEE ON ADDRESS 



Resolved, That the President of the State 
Central Executive Committee be and is 
hereby authorized and directed to ascertain 
the number of Delegates to be elected from 
each parish and ward from the authentic 
vote in the office of the Secretary of State, 
and issue his proclamation for said election, 
and have the same published in the Repub- 
can papers throughout the State. 

Second Resolution introduced by Mr. 
Lowell — 

Whereas, The time of service of the 
Parish Executive Committee of the parish 
of Orleans expired by limitation on the lif- 
teeuth day of November, 1870, therefore be 
it. 

Resolved, That the seventh day of 
August, 1871, be designated as the day 
when elections shall be held in each ward 
of the city of New Orleans for Delegates to 
the State Convention, called to meet August 
9th, 1871, polls to be opened and closed at 
such hours as the Presidents of the Mother 
Ward Clubs may in«licate, at least one 
week's notice of the same being given. 

APPOINTMENT.MENT t)F IHCLEOATKS. 

Ascenson .....2 Assumption... ',i 

Ayoyelles 2 Baton Rouge, East .3 

Baton Rouge, West . . 1 Bienville 1 

Bossier. - 1 Caddo 2 

Calcasieu 1 Caldwell 1 

Cameron 1 Carroll 2 

Catahoula 1 Claiborne 1 

Concordia 2 De Soto 1 

Feliciana, East 2 Feliciana, West ... 2 

Franklin 1 Grant 1 

Iberia 1 Iberville 3 

Jackson 1 Jefferson 3 

LafciVette 1 Lafourche 2 

Livingston 1 Madison 2 

Morehouse 1 Natchitoches 3 

Ouachita 2 Plaquemiue 4 

Point Coupee 2 Rapides 3 

Richland. 1 Sabine 1 

St. Bernard 1 St. C^harles 2 

St. Helena .1 St. James 3 

St. John Baptist 1 St. Landry 2 

St. Martin 1 St. Mary 3 

Tangipahoa 1 Tensas 2 

Terrebonne 2 Union 1 

Verraillionville 1 Washington 1 

Winn 1 Webster 1 

Vernon 1 Red River 1 

St.. Tammany 1 

OKI.EAN.S. 

First Ward 2 Second Ward 2 

Third Ward 4 Fourth Ward 1 

Fifth Ward 3 Sixth Ward 1 

Seventh Ward 3 Eighth Ward....l 

Ninth Ward 2 Tenth Ward 2 

Eleventh Ward 2 Twelfth Ward .... I 

Thirteenth Ward... I Fourteenth Ward. 1 

Orleans. Right Bank . . 3 
By order of the committee. 

S. B. PACKARD, President. 
P. F. HjckWIG, Corresponding Secretary. 
BepubUcan papers of the State will please 

popy. 



OmClJil, REPORT 

Of the Stale Convention of the 
Republican Party of L,otiis- 
iana^ for 1871. 

In accordance with the call of the State 
Central Executive Committee of the Re- 
publican party of Louisiana, the Delegates 
from the various parishes of the State, and 
the Wards of the parish of Orleans, assem* 
bled in Convention in the United States 
Court-i"oom on Wednesday, August 9th. 

The meeting was called to order at 12 
o'clock M., by Hon. S. B. Packard, President 
of the State Committee, and the following 
report of the Committee was presented. 

The State Couunittee having a record of 
the organization of the party in the various 
parishes, so far as such Organizations exist- 
ed, deemed it proper, in issuing the call fpr- 
the State Convention to assemble on this 
9th day of August, to direct that the Presi- 
dent of the Parish Committees in the 
several parishes, except the parish of Or- 
leans, and in the parish of Orleans, the 
President of the Mother Ward Clubs, should 
call elections in their parishes and Wards 
for Delegates to this Convention. This rule 
was established for the prevention of im- 
position and fraud. In some few of the 
smaller parishes, the party had lost its or- 
ganization from one cause or another ; and 
in those parishes the Committee following 
the precedent, established by their predeoes' 
sors, appointed five or more leading Repnbli- 
(lans of th<i parish, as a Committee to call a 
Convention for the purpose of organizing, 
the party in such parishes to select dele- 
gates to the Conv<'ntion. 

As there should be some system of rules 
to be followed in the organization of any 
deliberative l)ody and the State Commit.- 
tee being the recognized head of the party. 
and therefore, the only proper authority to 
make the necessary regulations, we have 
determined that the best rules to be adopted 
are those found in the laws of Congress 
for organization of that body, and of our 
own State, for the organization of the Gene- 
ral .Assembly, to-wit. that the returns 
from tlie various parish and ward or- 
ganizations should make out a prima fane 
case in favor of the person so returned as 
elected, and that from such returns a roll 
should be made and the persons so returned 
and none others should be entitled to vote 
in the Organization of the Convention, 



OF THE EEPXTBLICAN PARTY OP LOUISIANA. 



15 



This i» the rule established for the Organiza- 
tion of the Oonoral Assv-L^hly, by a law of 
the Stat»\ enacted by a Republican Legis- 
lature ; and therefore, according to the 
theory of many leading men of our party, a 
principle of the party itself. 

Acting upon this ruhi we liave caused a 
roll of Delegates to be made of those per- 
aon« so returned as electi-tl — subnvitting 
herewith the credentials of such Delegates, 
and also, all papers by us received from 
other persons clainiiug seats in this Conven- 
tion ; as the Convention must be the tinal 
arbiter of all questions of cdaims for menr- 
bership. 

8. B. PACKARD, 

President. 

Prayer was ottered by Rev. J. ^1. Vance. 

Hon. O. J. Dunn, moved that a tempor- 
ary Organization of the Convention be 
effected, which motion sv;is unnniiuonsly 
carried ; \Miereupon, 

Mr. AUaiu moved that Hon. .T. Henri 
Burch, be elected temporary Chairman, 
which motion was unanimously carried. 

A motion of Mr. Ingraham. that a Com- 
mittee of two be appointed to conduct the 
temporary President to the Chair, was 
passed unanimously, and Messrs. J. H. In- 
graham and Hymau Smyth. ai)pointed to 
act as said Committee. 

Hon. S. B. Packard moved the election of 
a temporarj^ Seci'etary, which motion being- 
carried, Hon. John Ray U(nninated Mr. T. W. 
DeKlyne, who was unanimously elected. 

On motion of Mr" Whittier, Mr. Fogarty 
was elected Sergeant-at-Arms. 

Mr. Packard then moved that as the tem- 
porary organization had been elfected, the 
lobby now be oi^ened for the admission of 
spectators. The motion being carried, the 
doors were opened and the lobbies speedily 
filled. 

Hon. John Ray, moved that a Committee 
on Credentials, to consist of seven members, 
be appointed by the Chair. 

Col. C. W. Lowell then moved that all pa- 
pers, returns and reports submitted by the 
State Central Executive Committee be turn- 
ed over to the Committee on Credentials. 

Carried. 

The Chair appointed as the Counuittee on 
Credentials, Messrs, Ray, of Ouachita; 
Wakefield, of Iberia; Wands, of Tangipahoa; 
Essex, of St. Charles; Greene, of Jackson; 
Pinchback, of Orleans; and Horanson, of 
St. Charles. 



Mr. Packard moved that the convention 
take a recess for half an hour, but withdr&w 
that motion and substituted therefor a mo- 
tion that the ('ommittee on (Credentials be 
allowed to retire for the jmrixise of report- 
ing, which was carried. 

Col. Lowell moved that during the ab- 
sence of the ('(unmittee Col. .J. H. Ingra- 
ham, of Orleans, should address the Con- 
vention, carried; and after Col. Ingraham 
had concluded his address, speeches were 
made on invitation by Messrs. Lowell, of 
Orleans; John .S. Chapman, of Baton Rouge^ 
Hon. O. .1. Dunn, of Orleans; Col. George W. 
Carter, of Cameron: and W. R. Hardy, of 
Richland. 

The Committee on Credentials being now 
announced, otlered the following report: 

To the ConvcvUon of the BcpiMicati Parti/ of 
the Shite of Loiimana; 

The Committee on Credentials appointed 
by your honorable body beg leave to report 
as follows : 

In order to have a basis on which to test 
the legality of the returns of persons pre- 
senting themselves as delegates to this Con- 
vention, your Committee have adopted the 
following rules : 

Regarding the State Central Executive 
Committee appointed by the Convention of 
August, 187(1, as having the right as well as 
it being their duty, in calling this Conven- 
tion to proAide the manner in which returns 
of the election of delegates should be made, 
we find that the State Central Executive 
Committee performed this duty, and in tlie 
resolutions calling the Convention we find 
the following : 

Resolved, That the Presidents of the sev- 
eral parish committees of the Rei>ublicau 
party in the State — except in the parish of 
Orleans — and in the parish of Orleans the 
Presidents of the Mother Ward Clubs are 
hereby authorized and required to call elec- 
tions for delegates to said Convention, and 
to forward to the President of the State 
Central Executive Committee the proper 
credentials of the delegates elected, coun- 
tersigned by the Secretaries of their Com- 
mittees and Club, on or before the time fixed 
for the sitting of the Convention. 

In examining the credentials we have 
taken this resolution as a guide. We further 
construed this resolution as having referred 
to tlie Presidents and Secretaries of the 
Parish Committees and Mother Ward Clubs, 
which existed at the time of the call of the 
Convention, the 27tJi day of June, 1871, as 
the ones intended by the call where such 



16 



EEPORT OF THE COtolllTEE ON ADDRESS 



then existed, and in default of any existing I Terrebonne— Jas. L. Beldeu, Thomas A- 
at that time such as the Central Executive Cage. 



Committee may have since appointed. 

Acting upon tliese rules we find the ere- i 
dentials of the following delegates from the 
various parishes and wards to be in the I 
proper form and recommend their admission I 
aa members of the Convention : ' 

Ascension — Charles Geeks, Louis Lefort. 

Assurai^tion — Henry L. Swords, A. J. ! 
Echeverie, Geo. Washington. i 

Avoyelles — Jos. Laurent, Richard Douse, ! 
Alternate. j 

East Baton Rouge — John S. Chapman, J. i 
Hf^uri Burcli, E. D. Triplett. i 

West Baton Roiige— T. T. Allaiu. ! 

Bienville — T. S. Johnson Alternate. i 

Bossier — Thomas Anderson. 

Caddo — Chas. W. Keeting, Wm. Harper, j 

Calcasieu — M. Robinson, i 

CaldweU— A. W. P'aulkner. j 

Cameron — Geo. W. Carter. ; 

Carroll — Cain Sartain, A. C. Ruth. i 

Catahoula — S. Marviu. | 

Concordia — A. B. Harris, Geo. Washington. ; 

DeSoto — Alex Boone. j 

East Feliciana — Jiimes Laws, James De 
Grey, Alternate. i 

West Feliciana— E. L. Weber, J. W. Arms- j 
t-ead. 

Franklin — A. F. Osborn. i 

Grant — Henry R. Kearson. ! 

Iberia — Samuel Waketield. I 

Iberville— Chas. E. Merrill, P. G. Des- j 
londe, Anthony Coleman. I 

Jackson — Charles J. Greene, Alternate. 

Jefferson 
J. Kemp. 

Lafayette— E. P. Godwin. 

Lafoprche — Nelson Taylor, John Bibolel. 

Livingston — H. C Kinchen. 

Madison 
Alternjito. 

Morehouse — W. F. Blanchard. 

Natchitoches — Henry Rabv, Raford 131unt. 
M. P. Blackstone. 

Ouachita — John Ray, Anthony Overton. 

Plaqnemine — H. Mahonv. L. C. Courcelle, 
C. V. Thibaut, E. Butler. " 

Pointe Coupee — J. A. Porche, 
Decuir. 

R-npides — Wm. Crawford, Geo. Y 
John Mavo. 

Red RiVer— M. H. Twitchell. 

Richland— W. R. Hardy. 

Sabine — L. H. Burdick. Alternate. 

St. Bern.ird — Thomas Ong. 

St. Charles — Jos. E. Horanson, Geo. Essex. 

St. Helena— I). C. Davis. 

St. James — fJeo. E. Bovee, Adolphe Tu- 
reiaud, Henry Riley. 

St. John Baptist — Geo. W. Coombs. 

St. I>andiy— O. A. Rice, Jas. H. Jolley, Al- 
t-em ate. 

St. Martin — Victor Rochon. 

St. Mary— C. B. Darrall, Henry Train, .1. J. 
.Moore. 

St. Tammany — A. Chevalon, 

Tangipahoa— Jas. B. Wanda. 

TensBfl — Robert Worrell, J. Uom Stewart, 



Vernon— A. J. Whittier. 
Vermillion— J. W. Stubbs. 
Washington— Jas. C. Warden. 
Winn— J.Wesley Maylield. 
Webster— J. M. Vance. 



First Ward— W. G. Johnson, J. C. Miller. 

Second Ward— W. S. Mndgett, E. Prevost. 

Third Ward— Oscar J. Dunn, Charles W. 
Lowell. C. F. Ladd, Esau Carter. 

Fourth Ward— P. B. S. Pin<.hback. 

Fifth Ward — Emile Detiege, Hyman Smith 
Jules La Habere. 

Sixth Ward — Alfred L. Young. 

Seventh Ward — .lames H. Ingrahauj, Jos. 
Barrow. L. S. Rodriguez. 

Eighth Ward — Jules Domingo. 

Ninth Ward — Isam NichoUs, F. Toebel- 
man. 

Tenth Ward— Jas. F. Casey, Jas. Cottrell. 

Eleventh Ward — E. Williams, F. J. Herron. 

Twelfth Ward— Paul Bruce. 

Thirteentli Ward — C'. B. Augustus. 

Fourteenth Ward— W. R. Fish. 

Orleans Right Bank— S. B. Packard, A. 
Dumont, E. Jones. 

All of which is respectfullv submitted. 

JOHN RAY. Chairmaiii ; 
JAS. B. WANDS, 
C. J. GREENE. 
J. E. HORANSEN, 
SAME. WAKEFIELD, 
GEO. ESSEX. 

Mi. Allain moved that the report of the 
Wm. Ellis, Amos Morrison, A. I committee be received, whereupon Col. Low- 
ell moved to amend that the repoii, be re- 
ceived and adopted, and that the roll 
submitted be made the roll of the Con- 
Curtis Pollard, Thomas Sh.iw, ! vention. The motion as amended was car- 

ried unanimously. 

Col. Lowell then moved rhat the Conven- 
tion proceed to a permanent organization 
by the election of permanent officers. 

Carried. 

Nominations being in order, Mr. Allaan 
nominated Hon. O. J. Dunn, w)io was unan- 
imously elected. 

On motion of Mr. Ray a committee of two 
was appointed to conduct the President, 
Hon. 0. J. Dunn, to the chair. The Chair 
appointed Me-ssr*. Ray and Ingraham as 
said committee. 

The President having taken the chair, th<» 
convention proceeded to the election of A 
permanent Secietary. Hon. John Ray nom- 
inated Mr. T. W. DeKlyne, wlio was unani- 
mously elected. 

On motion of Mr. J. H. Ingraliam, Mr. J. 
H. Paty was appointed Assistant Secretary, 
Mr.Fogarty Sergeant-at-Arms, and the other 
gentlemen who had acted dnring the tern- 



Gatien 
Kelso, 



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porary orgaulzation, were elected assistant 
Sergeants-at-Arms. 

Col. G. \y. Carter moved that a Conunlttoe 
ou Resolutions and Platform, and a Com- 
mittee on Address, each committee to con- 
sist of live members, be appointed by the 
cliair. The motion was carried nem. con. 

The Chair then appointed as Committee 
on Resolutions and Platform, Messrs. Carter 
of Cameron, Ingraliam of Orleans, Lowell of 
Orleans, Allain of West Baton Rouge, and 
Cliapmau of East Baton Rouge ; and as the 
Connnittee on Address, Ray of Ouachita, 
Burch of Eiust Baton Rouge, Carter of Cam- 
eron, Casey of Orleans, and Dumout of Or- 
leans, Right Bank. The committees thus 
a])pointed, then retired to prepare their re- 
ports. 

Ou motion of Col. Lowell, vacancies in the 
delegations from several parishes were filled 
hj proxies ax^pointed by the convention, as 
f<dlows: Senator P. O.Hara, for Terrebonne; 
A. J. Sypher, Henry Grimes and J. A. Walsh 
fr)r Assumption ; Senator Mortimer Smith, 
for St. John Baptist; Senator S. M. Todd, 
for Orleans, 14th Ward; J. A. Gould, for Or- 
leans, 13th Ward; Mr. Van Troup, for Cald- 
well; F. B. Earhart, for St, Tammany; 
Fraugois Barrington, for Claiborne; Duncan 
Hill, for Winn; W. W. Wharton, for Union ; 
Wni. Wright, for Orleans, 11th Ward ; and 
W. R. Bonner, for Natchitoches. 

Pending the return of the Committees on 
Resolutions and Address, the convention 
was addressed by Messrs. Anthony Coleman 
of Iberville, J. Henri Burch of East Baton 
Rouge, and Henry Grimes of Lafourche. 
Hon. Thomas Ong, delegate from St. Ber- 
nard, being called on to address the conven- 
tion, declined, pleading want of preparation. 
Col G. W. Carter of Cameron, from the< 
Connnittee on Resolutions j^resented the fol- 
lowing report. 

Whereas, The achievements of the Re- 
publican party in suppressing the Rebel- 
liou, thereby preserving and perpetuating 
the Union, and by the Thirteenth Amend- 
ment to the Constitution of the United 
States, destioying the institution of Slavery 
in the United States; by the Fourteenth 
Amendment, giving citizenshijt to all persons 
born or naturalized in the United States, 
and guaranteeing to them the equal protec- 
tion of the laws — and by the Fifteentli 
Amendment, the riglit of all to vote in any 
State, without regard to race, color or preAi- 
ons condition of servittule ; and the Recon- 
struction of the States formerly in Rel)el- 
lion on a Republican basis, in conformity 
with the Union, and on the basis qtf said 

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Amendment, thereby securing to th» 
country and to mankind, the legitimata 
fruits of the great struggle for civil liberty, 
entitle that party to the earnest su])port of 
the people of tlie United States, and to thts 
sympathy and respect of the lovers of civil 
liberty throughout the workl ; Thereforu 
be it 

Resolved, Tlnit we re-aasert onr adherence 
in the great juiuciples of the Republican 
party, as embiaeed in tlie N.utional Platlbrui. 
of said party. Bo it further 

Resolved, That to preserve and perpetu- 
ate civil liberty, as now guaranteed by the 
laws of the Union, requires the exercise of 
high m<nal aud mental development which 
can only be atlaiuedby the education of tl.e 
masses, aud the Republican party therefoi© 
pledges itself in favor of a system of Public 
Schools m tJiis State, which shall guarantee 
to each child equal facilities for education. 
Be it further 

Resolved, That the ultimately successful 
carrying ont of the system of internal im- 
provements adopted by the Republican 
party in this State, in constructing tin* 
Levees, opening Canals and building Rail- 
roads is absolutely necessaiy to the develop- 
ment of the groat material interests of the 
State, and for the purpose of encouraging 
the investment of capital in, and imuiignt)- 
tion to the State, and the Repnblican party 
in Louisiana, pledges itself to give any aid 
in its power to carry out the public works 
already organized, aud such others as may 
tend to advance the progress and develop 
the resources of our State. Be it further 

Resolved, Tliat the adoption of the 
amendments to otir State Constitution, 
whereby the State debt is limited to twenty- 
five millious of doUarvS, is a wise as well as 
a Republican measure ; and within that 
limit is all the aid necessary to can^ out a 
great system of iutei'nal iniprovemonts; 
moreover, the expenses of our State Govern- 
ment should be reduced to the lowest jiossi- 
ble amount necessary to carry it on, avoid- 
ing all appropriations other than those ab- 
solutely necessary for the above i)urpose, 
and the Repirblican members of the Legis- 
lature are hereliy instructed to conform 
their legislation to this principle. And be it 
farther 

Resolved, Tliat to caiTy out properly and 
successfully any great State policy, such as 
has already been adopted by the Republican 
party of Louisiana, the friends of such pol- 
icy must organize themselves iiito a political 
party, and operate as such, solely with a 
view to the end desired ; aud in so doing, 
such party should be left to its own unbias- 
sed judgment in the selectiou of agents to 
carry out whatever may be proposed for the 
progress and prosperity of the State. And 
be it further 

Resolved, That the Federal Administra- 
tion, in successfully carrying out the system 
of pa^nng oft" the National De]>t, at the rat© 
of one hundred millions of dollars an- 
nually, and at the same time reducing tax- 
ation while lessening the rate of interest on 
the National Debt by funding it at a lower 



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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS 



rate than it originally bore; in introdu- 
cing economy in the publid expentiitures and 
a strict accountability in revenue as well as 
all other officers; the successful 
management of everv department at home 
as well as the satisfactory state of all our 
foreign relations: thejustice obtained for inju- 
ries done to our own people during the re- 
bellion, while peace is maintained with all 
nations, entitles the Federal Administration 
to the gratitude aud support of the country. 
This convention, therelore, tenders its hear- 
ty approval, and hereby siguities its ar- 
dent supi>ort of the course pursued by U. S. 
Grant as President of the United States in 
carrying out so unswervingly and success- 
fully the policy adopted by the great Union 
Reiniblican Party, and which is so well calcu- 
lated to prodvice lasting peace,and prosperity. 

In view ot which this convention 
Jiereby instructs the delegates hereafter to 
be selected to attend theKepuldican Nation- 
al Convention to cast their votes for U. 8. 
Grant as the choice of the Republican Party 
lor President in 1872. And be it further 

Resolved, That it is the duty of every 
member of the Republican Party to carry 
out earnestly and in good faith the princi- 
ples which have been established in the or- 
ganization of the party, and the rules and 
regulations which may he established for 
its government in accordance with, aud not 
in opposition to the rules of this convention; 
and any person refusing so to recognize and 
obey the principles aud rules thus establish- 
ed shall be regarded as a bolter, and be ex- 
cluded from the party organization. And 
be it further 

Resolved, That a State Central Executive 
Comnllttee of the Republican Party be se- 
lected as follows: Two to be elected by this 
convention from each Congressional District 
in this .State, and that tlie President of this 
Convention appoint ten others from the 
State at large, and that said committee is 
hereby empowered to prescribe rules and 
regulations for the j^overnment of tlie party 
during its term ol service, said term of 
service to continue until its successors are 
duly elected by a regula»ly convened State 
(Convention, and, that said Committee shall 
])rescril)e the mode of electing delegates to 
the National Convention to be held in 1872 
and that any vacancies occurring shall be 
rilled by tlie conmiittee. And be it further 

Resolved, That we recognize the State 
Central Committee as the legitimate politi- 
cal head of the Repuldican party in the 
State ; and we tender our thanks to the 
Committee for the efficient, impartial, faitli- 
tul and feailess manner in which it has pro- 
tected the interests of the party and dis- 
charged its weiglity duties. — And be it 
further 

Ite.solved. Tli.it we tender our thanks to 
the President of the United States, aud the 
constituted authorities of the Federal Gov- 
ernnumt, for the pronjpt and efficient man- 
ner in wliich tliey have jireserved order and 
secured to this Convention the legal exer- 
cise of the rights of undisturbed ]»ublic as- 
semblage aud free speech (under the provi- 



sions of the third section of the enforcement 
act of April 1871) notwithstanding the mach- 
inations of H. C. Warmoth and the subor- 
dinate office-holders over whom he exercises 
present control. 

Resolved, That it is the earnest desire of 
the Republican party, that peace and order 
should be strictly maintained in all parts of 
the State, that violations of the law should 
be prtnnptly arrested aud fairly tried, and 
as in the opinion of the Convention, laws 
necessary to accomplish this jinrpose ha v.: 
been passed and all the 2)ower necessary 
to cause the arrest aud trial of any offen- 
der has been amply provided for, if the offi- 
cers intrusted with the service Avill perform 
their duty, the Convention, therefore, 
calls ou the Governor and other officers in 
the State to do their duty in this respect, 
thereby avoiding any necessity for aid from 
the Federal Government for that purpose. 

Resolved, That in the judgment of thia 
Convention and the great Republicau masses 
of the State of Louisiana, we deprecate the 
actions of those disaffected and unscrupu- 
lous men who have, in many parishes, ig- 
nored the established and recognized Repub- 
lican organization, because they could not 
control the same in their own interests and 
that of their associates, and have striv- 
en to divide and defeat the party iu the 
interest of a small but mischievous fac- 
tion; and we, as due to our jjeople, ourselve.s 
and the Republican party, do denounce, 
whether acting tJirougli his subordinates in 
the several parishes of the State, or as the 
leader of the disorganizers and bolters from 
tlie Convention of to-day, his excellency 
H. C. Warmoth, who has ffu-feited our cou- 
tidence,liaving shown clearly that he would 
sacrilice the Republican party to advance 
himself, can no longer be safely followed 
as a Rei)u))lican leader. 

Mr. Burcli of Baton Rouge, moved to 
adopt the report as a whole. 

Mr. Rodriguez of Orleans, Seventh Ward, 
objected to the resolution iu the report pro- 
viding for the formation of the State Centriil 
Committee, which he considered should con- 
sist of some forty members. The motion 
receiving no second, was not entertaiiuMl by 
the chair and the resolutions as reixnted by 
the committee were adopted unanimously. 

Mr. Ingraliam, moved that the President 
of the Convention be made a member of 
the State Central Committee, the motion 
was unanimously adopted: 

The following resolution was presented 
by Hon. .)ohn S. Chapman, of East Baton 
Kouge, and unanimously adopted. 

Resolved, That the thanks of the Con- 
vention be tendered to Hon. S. B. Packard, 
President State Central Committee, and 
that the New State Central Conmiittee be in- 
structed to re-elect him as their President. 

The following resolution was ottered by 
Mr. C. F. Ladd, and unanimously carried: 

Wherkas, The daily paper known as the 
New Orleans RepubUcan, by its persistent 
I misrepresentations of the Repul)licau party 



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10 



thron^hont the State, has forlVited all claim 
to l)(i regarded as the organ of that party in 
Louisiana ; and 

Whereas, The New Orleans Repuhlicanha^ 
refused to publisli notices, reports, and re- 
sults of elections held by the bona fide Re- 
publican Clubs in the city of New Orleans, 
and Kepublicau Parish Conventions 
Thoronghont the State; Tlierefore he it 

Kesolved, Tliat the daily news ])ai)ei 
known as the New Orleans HepuhJicaH is no 
longer entitled to tlie respect and conli- 
dence of the Kei)ublican party, in the State 
oi Louisiiinn. or elsewhere. 

Kesolved, That we request the Clerk of 
llie United States House of Representatives 
to remove from it, the Oflicial I'rinting aufi 
bestoAV it upon some paper devoted to the 
interests of the party. 

Gen. Wm. S. Mndgett, of Orleans, Second 
Ward, moved that the Citizens Guard he 
recognized as the Official Organ of the Re- 
])ul)licau party in Louisiana, and that the 
Clerk of the United States House of Re- 
])resentatives be requested to transfer the 
Official Printing of the House, from the 
New Orleans RtntMUan to the Citizens 
Guard. 

Col. Charles W. Lowell, moved that a re- 
cess often minutes bo taken by the Conven 
tiou, to enable the Delegates from the vari- 
ous Congressional Districts, to meet iii 
caucus to select their Representatives in the 
State Central Committee was carried. 

Upon the re-assembling of the Conven- 
tion, the following nominations were re- 
ported which were unanimously confirmed 
by the Convention. 

First Congressional District, S. B. Pack- 
ard, B. F. Joubert; Second Congressional 
District, Charles W. Lowell. Henry (Jrimes; 
Third Congresional Distiict, A. J. Sypher. 
P. G. Deslonde; Fourth Congressional Dis- 
trict, E. L. W'eber, J. Laurent; Fifth Con- 
gressional District, John Ray, John S. 
Harris. 

Mr. Ray, on behalf of the Committee on 
address, asked that said Committee should 
be allowed to the first of September to pre- 
fiare their report, which request was 
granted. 

On moti(»u of Ca])tain S. B. Packard, the 
tlianks of the Convention were tendered to 
the President of the Convention, the Secre- 
tary, Assistant Secretary, Sergcant-at-Arms. 
Assistant Sergeants-at-Arms, and Kclly'.\ 
Union Band, for the efficient manner in 
which they have discharged their several 
duties. 

Col. G. W. Carter moved that the Secretaxj 



of tlie Convenlion be instructed to furnish 
tlie Citizens' Guaku with an official copy 
of the proceedings of this Convention, and 
that Republican papers throughout the State 
he requested to copy the same. 

Colonel Whittier, of Vernon, moved that 
the thanks of the Ccmvention he tendered 
to Captain Smith and the troops under his 
command, for the efficient and necessary 
t)rotection given to this Convcution during 
its session ; which i)rotection alone prevent- 
'd a repetition of the horrors that charac- 
terized the ;Wth day of July, 1866. 

On motion of Col. Carter, the President 
i)f the Convention was requested to forward 
to the authorities at Washington a copy of 
the resolution reciuesting the removal of the 
ifficial printing fi-om the New Orleans iiV- 
publican. 

On motion of Colonel C. W. Lowell, the 
Convention gave nine cheers for President 
J. S. Grant, and then adjimrned »lne die. 
A true copy from the minutes. 

O. J. DUlNls', 

President. 
T. W. DkKjlyne, Secietai?. 
(See official call page 13.) 
Iramediatel.y upon the issuance of 
this call, the Governor and his ad- 
lierents determined to obtain control 
)f the Convention at all hazards. 
For that purpose, club-room after 
:;lub-room was invaded by swarms of 
Policemen, street-laborer.s and thugs, 
under the leadership of some of the 
ioveruor's most prominent adher- 
'uts. Notliing' was allowed to be 
;aid uj^on these occasions that was 
not in favor of Warmoth, and a sys- 
em of enormities was iuaugurated 
liat fairly entitles these men to the 
name of the Warmoth Ku-Klux.^^ 
These actions combined with the 
violent threats of Warmoth's imme- 
diate friends gav^e ample assurance 
that if these men were present at 
the Convention, they would there 
ittempt the same infamous proceed- 
ings as in the Ward Club-rooms. To 
prevent the admission of these j)ar- 
ies, on the 3d August, 1871, the 
'entral Committee adopted the fol* 
.owing re^Qiution : 



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KEPOBT QiP THE COMOTTTEE ON APDEESS 



By Mr. Eay : 

Res-olved, That only tlu)se who are re- 
turned as Delegates to tlie Convention 
according to the returns fur^ Jirdc<l to the 
President of the Executive Committee, and 
to tliOise who Uiay content the seats of such 
Delegates as may be hIiotvu by evidence 
presented to the President of the Executive 
Committee, and the members of the pres- 
ent Executive Committee and th(-ir Secre- 
tary, shall be admitted to the Hall of the 
Convention until afier the permanent organ- 
ization of the Convendon, and that the 
J*resi<lent of the Central Executive Com- 
mittee be authorized to prepare tickets and 
a list o^ the persons to be admitted, and 
report the same to this Committee on Tues- 
day evening, the ^eighth instant, for their 
action. 

By order of the Committee. 

WIILLIAM VIGEES, 
Eecordtng Secretary State Central Execu- 
tive Conunittee. 

Noijlaceofmeetingbeiiigmentioued 
ill the call at this same meeting of 
August 3, 1871,the committee adopted 
also the following resolution: 

Eooiio State Central Executive Com- 
mittee, Eepijblican Party, State of Louisi- 
ana, August 4, 1871. — At a meeting of the 
Committee held August 3, 1871, the follow- 
mg resolutions were adopted : 

By Mr. Wands : 

Resolved, That the President of the State 
Committee be and he is hereby authorized 
to secure a suitable meeting place for the 
assemblage of the State Convention, to be 
held on the ninth day of August, lb71, in 
this city, and give })nblic notice of tiie place 
so secured on or before Tuesday morning, 
the eighth of August, 1«71, through the col- 
umns of the New Orleans Eepublicau .and 
<)ther city papers, and the delegates elected 
are hereby notitied to attend and respond to 
the notice of the President upon the day of 
meeting; 

Ul)on investigation it ^Tas found 
that every hall in Xew Orleans which 
by any possibility was fit for the use 
of the convention had been engaged 
by AVarmoth with the intention of 
forcing the convention to meet at the 
Mechanics' Institute, where it would 
be completely at the mercy of his po- 
lice and rowdies. Under these ch-- 
cumstances, and with the concurrence 
of the majority of the committee on 
the 7th day of August, 1871, Presi- 
dent Packard issued the following 
notice^ 



By virtue of the authority vested in me 
by a res<dution <if the Eejiublican State Cen- 
tra] Executive Committe ado])ted August 3, 
1871, I hereby give notice that the State 
Convention of the Eepul)lican party caJh-d 
by the State Committee on June 27, will 
convene in the Unit^-d States Court room on 
Wednesday, the ninth iustant, at 12 m. 
S. B. Packard, 
President State Central Ex. Connnittee 

Threats of interference with the 
convention, and even of assasination 
of tlie prominent leaders of the opjio- 
sition to Warmoth, continuing to be 
freely made after the publication of 
this notice and fearing that a riot 
would ensue within the Custondiouse 
building, U. S. Marshal Packard tel- 
egTaphed to General J. J. Reynolds, 
Commanding Department, for a 
guard of soldiers to protect United 
States ijropei-ty. This request was 
granted, and at 9 o'clock on the morn- 
ing of the 9th, a guard of about 40 
men of the 19th U. S. Infantry ar- 
rived and were quartered in the 
bnilding. 

In accordance with the call of the 
committee, 189 persons filed creden- 
tials claiming seats as delegates and 
c^uitestants, on or before the 9th day 
of August, 1871. A ticket of admis- 
sion to the hall of the convention was 
issued to each of these delegates and 
contestants, signed, by direction of 
the Central Committee, by their 
chairman. 

The Cenvention was called to order 
at 12 M., by S. B. Packard, President 
of the State Central Executive Com- 
mittee, non. J. Henri Burch of East 
Baton Rouge, was elected temporary 
president, and a committee on cre- 
dentials was appointed by him (none 
of wdiose sf-ats were contested) as 
follows, viz: Messrs. Ray of Ouachita, 
Wakefield of Iberia, Wands of Tan- 
gipahoa, Essex cf St. Charles, Greene 
of Jackson, Pinchback ol" Orleans, 
and Uoransen cf Charles, __This com- 



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HI itte« presented the following report, 
vks: (See official Report pajj^e 15. 

At 10 A. M., one boiu* and three- 
qnai-terts before the honr fixed for tb« 
holding of the Convention, Gov. 
Warmoth, aceoinpanied by about 
sixty of his followers, having pro- 
vided themselves with tickets, en- 
toed the building and ])roceeded to 
the door of the court-room. Here 
they were met by the Deputy Marsha] 
in cluirge of the room, of whom they 
demanded entrance. He replied that 
he had positive orders from (he U. 
S. Marshal, who is the custodian o1 
tlie court-room, to admit no one nntii 
11:20, but in consideration of the 
Governor'^s lameness he would admit 
him to the court-room on his owu 
responsibility, and his friends woidd 
be aduiitted at the proper time. This 
oft'er was refused by the Governor, 



prolimiTiary to tho Rittiiij? of the Party 
L'oiivojitiou which hiis-; been sxunmoned for 
AngUKt U, have nrrive<l, we <lo not b<'lieve 
that tliere is any otlicr course open than 
()i(j holdiufj of Two CoiivenUon/i of the Ke- 
•)nhlican Party. We have been hiboring 
not to believe such a i)iti.'ible 8ifjht possiblr; 
)\^t the ](ieKKi!i^ conviotion which the rev- 
•lation of clveniiistanees daily urges upon 
118, hardly leaves us a i)i'g now " to hang a 
ionbt on." 

Tlie reguhirly elected delegates 
who bolted with Warmoth to Turn- 
i>rs' Hall, or, at leifst, who absented 
themselves from thcrcigular Conven- 
tion were as follows : 

Ascension — J. W, Swords, proxy for H. h. 
Swords; A. J. Eohevei-ia, Geo. AVashingtou. 

Caldwell— A. W. Faulkner, 

Catahoula — P. Marvin. 

Concordia — A. B, Haiiie and George Wash- 
ington. 

Jefferson— J. E. Parker, S. L. Henry (park 
delegation). 

Morehouse — W. F. Blanehard. 

Natchitoches — Henry Eaby, Paford Blunt 
and M. P. Blackstone. 

Plaqnemine — H. Malioney, L. C. Courcelle, 



who mounted a chair, and commenced | C. V. Thibaut. and E. Butler 
a violent and incendiary speech, de- 
nouncing the general goverumenT 
and declaiming against the presence 
of the soldiers who, he allege d, were 
T|)hiceel there to prevent his e)btaiuin<.' 
eiiitrance to the Convention. Here 
he was respectfully interrupted by 
the officer commanding the troops, 
who assured him he was not there to 
interfere with s ny one, but simply to 
prot/ect ])ublic i)roi>erty. As soon ;)?• 
he hatl finished, Warmotlii calleel to 
his adherents to adjourn to Tui-neri^' 
Hall, and to that i)la<;e they at once 
bolted. 

That this action had been long 
premeelitated is conclusiveI;>' proven 
by the annexed extract Irom an eeli- 
torial published July 30, 1871, in the 
^^ Louisiauian," a paper of which P. 
H. S. Pinchback, the Presielent of the 
Bolting Convention, is editor and 
proprietor: 

At the_''6tag« at which the proceedings, 



Rapidef? — Wm. Crawford, Geo. Y. Kelso, 
John Mayo. 

Red River— M. H. T\\ itchell. 

St. Tohn— George W. Coombs. 

Tensas— Robt. AVorrell, J. Ross Stewart. 

Terrebonne — James L. Belden, Thomas 
\. Cage. 

Winn— J. Wesley ]\Iay field. 

Orleans— 4tli Waj-d— P. B. S. Pinchback. 
" 11th " F. J. Herron. 

" lijfh '• C. B. Augustus. 

" IJtli " W. E. Fish. 

The following })ersoris, wlufse cre- 
dentials were imperfect or fraudulent, 
iinel who Vvcre not the properly ac- 
creelited delegates from the vaiious 
parisiies, were admitted to the Bolt- 
ers' Convention. 

Avoyelles, L. J. Sour, C. F. linesman. 

Ascension, Chas. F. Smith, Pierre Landry. 

Winn (entitled to one d<'legate, three ad- 
mitted), I), W. White, and I). L. Haines. 

St. Mary, Emerson Bentley, W. B. Mer- 
chant, S. C. Johnson. 

Tensas (entitled to two delegates, four ad- 
iuitted),.A. R. Whitney, M. Blue. 

Iberville, Chas .E. Ilalstead, Cyrus Parker, 
Geo. B. Loud. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON ADDRESS 



St. Martin, Louis C. Laloire. 

West Baton Kouge, Robert Morris. 

Webster (entitled to one, three admitted), 
J. M. Wagener, Chas. Perry, Geo. L. Smith. 

Cameron, George H. Guptel. 

East Baton Rouge, N. Underwood, J. W. 
Hurst, V. Anderson. 

Sabine, W. R. Wlieyland. 

Vermilion, C. H. Remiik. 

St. James, O. F. Hunsiickcr, J. C. Oliver, 
John Johnson. 

DeSoto, Mortimer Carr. 

Grant, Thomas Johnson. 

Bienville, A. F. Coleman. 

Calcasieu, C. Barbe. 

Carroll, E. H. Masters, \V. B. Dickey. 

Lafourche, O. Crozier, William Murrell. 

Livingston, James H. Bailey. 

St. Landry, C. Donato, E. Gantt (Dem). 

Caddo, M, Sterrett, S. Armistead. 

West Feliciana, Henry Perkins A. A. Mil- 
liken. 
* Richland, W. T. Oliver. 

ORLEANS. 

First Ward, Thomas Isabelle, J. P. Murphy. 

Second Ward, H. C. Dibble, C. F. Glandiu. 

Third Ward, Pat. Creagh, A. Cartwiight. 

Fourth Ward, A. W. Smyth, Jos. Johnson. 

Fifth Ward, E. Alexis, L. Moutaiue, 
Henry Reis. 

Sixth Ward, H. G. Campbell. 

Seventh Ward, H. L. Rey, W. J. Moore, 
P. Gritfin. 

Eighth Ward, E. V. Leclere. 

Ninth Ward, Henry Chenau, David Doug 
lass. 

Tenth Ward, H. C. AVarmoth, E. P. Du- 
closlange. • 

Twelfth Ward, W. G. McConnell. 

Fifteenth Ward, A. Jackson, C. P. Ames 
David Mason, 

Bossii^r, Chas. S. Abell. 

The following were added t<j the 
Bolting Convention without even 
filing credentials or having claims to 
seats : 

St. Charles, Peter Harper, John Butler. 
Franklin, J. R. Wooldridge. 
Lafayette, F. Martin, (Democrat). 
Vernon, H. C Meyers. 
Tangipahoa, A. J. Johnson. 

This bogus Convention, (of which 
V)ut one-fourth were duly authorized 
Delegates of the people of the 
parishes, and the remaining three 



fourths the self constituted Represen- 
tatives of the office holders of the 
Governor, and the bolting factions 
of a few parishes and wards, their 
meagre claims resting entirely upon 
intimidation and fraud), elected 
P. B. S. Pinchback as President. 
From it, has sprung a so-called State 
Central Committee, composed of th« 
following persons : 

PI Butler, of Plaquemiue. 

Thomas Cokely, Rapides. 

John Parsons, Orleans. 

H. Raby, Natchitoches, 

D. Young, Concordia, 

S. S. Schmidt, Orleans. 

Albert Gautt, St. Landry. 

A^ W. Smyth, Orleans. 

Jas. McCleery, Caddo. 

F. J. Herron, Orleans. 

K1.ECTED : 

1. H. J. Campl>ell, H. Mahouy, 

2. A. E. Barber, J. L. Belden, 

X T. H. Nolaiid, (ioo. Washington, 

4. E. W. Dewees, R. Blunt, 

5. A. W. Faulkner, A. B. Harris. 
This bogus committee is organ- 
ized as follows : 

Pinchback, chairman ; Wm.Vigers, 
Secretaiy ; J. W. Fairfax, Assistant 
Secretary. 

The foregoing analysis of the com- 
position of the Convention by wliich 
this committee was chosen is suffi- 
cient to prove the fallacy of all claims 
whi(;h it may present to the confi- 
dence of the Republican party. 

Assuming to be the State Central, 
Executive Committee of the Republi- 
can party of Louisiana, this Com- 
mittee is entirely without power or 
influence, save such as it derives 
irom the Governor. It can in no 
respect claim to represent the people 
since it Avas not formed by a Conven- 
tion of the peoi)le, luit by a Congre- 
gation of bolters against the wishes 
of the entire Republican party of 
the State. 

The regular Convention presided 



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over by Lieutenant Governor Oscar 
J. Dunn, selected the following State 
Central Executive Committee, and 
it alone, is entitled to the confidence 

S. B. PACKAl 
T. W. Dk KLYNE. Secretary. 

S. B. PACKARD. 
B. F. JOUBERT. 
HENRY GRIMES, 
P. G. DESLONDE, 
J. LAURENT, 
JOHN S. HARRIS, 
JAS. S. CASEY, 
J. HENRI BURCH, 
A. MARY, 

F. TOEBELMAN, 

G. CASANAVE. 



and support of the Republicans ot 
Louisiana. 

This Comniittee is organized as 
follows : 

;l), Pre.sitlent, 

B. F. JOUBERT, Treasurer. 

O. J. DUNN, 
CHAS. W. LOWELL, 
A. J. SYPHER, 
E. L. WEBER, 
JOHN RAY, 
J. B. WANDS, 
GEO. W. CARTER, 
JAS. H. INGRAHAM, 
GEO. E. BOVEE, 

C. C. ANTOINE. 



GEO. W. CARTER, 
CHAS. W. LOWELL. 



SrB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

OSCAR J. DUNN, Cliairuian. 

JAS. H. INGRAHAM, 
J. HENRI BURCH, 



JOHN RAY, 
GEO. E. BOVEE. 



A. J. SYPHER, 
G. CASANAVE, 



ITNANCE COMMITTEE, 

JAS. F, CASEY, Chairman. 

C. C. ANTOINE, 
J. B. WANDS, 



A. MARY, 

F. TOEBELMAN. 



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